Mario Camus García (20 April 1935 – 18 September 2021) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
He won the
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.
History
The winn ...
at the
33rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, ''Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack.
The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Ascendancy'' ...
with ''
La colmena''.
His 1987 film ''
The House of Bernarda Alba
''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with ''Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not include ...
'' was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
1987 Cannes Film Festival and in the main competition at the
15th Moscow International Film Festival.
His 1993 film ''
Shadows in a Conflict'' was entered into the
18th Moscow International Film Festival.
Filmography
Film director
* 1962 – El Borracho
* 1963 – La Suerte
* 1963 –
Los Farsantes
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Science and technology
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* 1964 – Young Sánchez
* 1965 – La visita que no tocó el timbre
* 1965 – Muere una mujer
* 1966 –
With the East Wind
''With the East Wind'' ( es, Con el viento solano) is a 1966 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Antonio Gades as Sebastián
* Vicente Escudero as Montoya
* María José Alfons ...
* 1966 – Cuando tú no estás
* 1967 – Soledad
* 1967 – Al ponerse el sol
* 1968 – Cuentos y leyendas (
TVE) (series)
* 1968 – Volver a vivir
* 1968 –
Let Them Talk
* 1969 – Esa mujer
* 1970 –
The Wind's Fierce
''The Wind's Fierce'' ( es, La cólera del viento, it, La collera del vento, also known as ''Revenge of Trinity'', ''Trinity Sees Red'' and ''The Wind's Anger'') is a 1970 Spanish-Italian western-drama film written and directed by Mario Camus.
P ...
* 1972 – Si las piedras hablaran (
TVE) (series)
* 1973 – La leyenda del alcalde de Zalamea
* 1975 – Los Pájaros de Baden-Baden
* 1975 – La Joven casada
* 1976 and 1977 – Paisajes con figuras (
TVE) (series)
* 1976 –
Curro Jiménez
''Curro Jiménez'' was a successful Spanish television historical drama series that was first broadcast on La Primera Cadena of Televisión Española from December 22, 1976 to March 25, 1978.
Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" (bandi ...
(
TVE) (series)
* 1978 – Los días del pasado
* 1980 –
Fortunata y Jacinta
''Fortunata y Jacinta'' (Fortunata and Jacinta), was written by Benito Pérez Galdós in 1887 and published in the same year. It is, together with Leopoldo Alas y Ureña's '' La Regenta'' (The Judge's Wife), one of the most popular and represe ...
(TVE) (miniserie)
* 1982 – ''
La colmena''
* 1983 – Los desastres de la guerra
* 1984 – ''
The Holy Innocents The Holy Innocents may refer to:
* The victims of the Biblical Massacre of the Innocents, and any of several artistic depictions of this massacre (e.g. by Giotto di Bondone)
* The Holy Innocents (Adair novel), by Gilbert Adair
** The Dreamers (20 ...
''
* 1985 – La vieja música
* 1987 –
The House of Bernarda Alba
''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with ''Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not include ...
* 1987 –
La Rusa
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
* 1990 – ''
La forja de un rebelde'' (
TVE) miniserie
* 1990 – La femme et le pantin
* 1992 – Después del sueño
* 1993 –
Shadows in a Conflict
* 1994 – Amor propio
* 1996 – Adosados
* 1997 – ''
El color de las nubes
''The Color of the Clouds'' ( es, El color de las nubes, links=no) is a 1997 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus which stars Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Ana Duato, Antonio Valero, and José María Doménech.
Plot
The plot revolves around a ...
''
* 1998 – La Vuelta de El Coyote
* 1999 – La ciudad de los prodigios
* 2002 –
La playa de los galgos
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
* 2007 – ''
El prado de las estrellas''
Screenwriter
* 1962 –
The Delinquents
* 1962 – El Borracho
* 1963 – La Suerte
* 1963 –
Los farsantes
LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to:
Science and technology
* Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation
* Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers
* Level of significance, a measure of statistical significanc ...
* 1964 – Young Sánchez
* 1964 –
Weeping for a Bandit
''Weeping for a Bandit'' ( es, Llanto por un bandido) is a 1964 Spanish drama film directed by Carlos Saura. It was Saura's first film in color. It was co-produced with France and Italy, and starred Italian Lea Massari and French-Italian Lino Ven ...
* 1965 – La visita que no tocó el timbre
* 1965 – El que enseña
* 1965 – Muere una mujer
* 1966 –
With the East Wind
''With the East Wind'' ( es, Con el viento solano) is a 1966 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Antonio Gades as Sebastián
* Vicente Escudero as Montoya
* María José Alfons ...
* 1966 – Cuando tú no estás
* 1967 – Al ponerse el sol
* 1968 – Volver a vivir
* 1970 –
The Wind's Fierce
''The Wind's Fierce'' ( es, La cólera del viento, it, La collera del vento, also known as ''Revenge of Trinity'', ''Trinity Sees Red'' and ''The Wind's Anger'') is a 1970 Spanish-Italian western-drama film written and directed by Mario Camus.
P ...
* 1972 – Chicas de club
* 1975 – Los Pájaros de Baden-Baden
* 1975 – La Joven casada
* 1978 – Los días del pasado
* 1980 – ''
Fortunata y Jacinta
''Fortunata y Jacinta'' (Fortunata and Jacinta), was written by Benito Pérez Galdós in 1887 and published in the same year. It is, together with Leopoldo Alas y Ureña's '' La Regenta'' (The Judge's Wife), one of the most popular and represe ...
''
* 1983 –
Truhanes
* 1984 – ''
The Holy Innocents The Holy Innocents may refer to:
* The victims of the Biblical Massacre of the Innocents, and any of several artistic depictions of this massacre (e.g. by Giotto di Bondone)
* The Holy Innocents (Adair novel), by Gilbert Adair
** The Dreamers (20 ...
''
* 1985 – La vieja música
* 1985 – Luces de bohemia
* 1985 – Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas
* 1986 –
Werther
''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel ''The S ...
* 1987 – ''
The House of Bernarda Alba
''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with ''Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not include ...
''
* 1987 –
La Rusa
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
* 1988 – Gallego
* 1991 – Beltenebros
* 1992 – Después del sueño
* 1993 –
The Bird of Happiness
* 1993 –
Shadows in a Conflict
* 1994 – Amor propio
* 1996 – Adosados
* 1996 – Más allá del jardín
* 1997 – El color de las nubes
* 1998 – La Vuelta de El Coyote
* 1999 – La ciudad de los prodigios
* 2002 –
La playa de los galgos
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...
* 2004 –
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
* 2007 –
El prado de las estrellas
References
External links
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1935 births
2021 deaths
People from Santander, Spain
Film directors from Cantabria
Spanish film directors
Spanish male screenwriters
Spanish anti-capitalists
Honorary Goya Award winners
Directors of Golden Bear winners
20th-century Spanish screenwriters
20th-century Spanish male writers
21st-century Spanish screenwriters